trä architecture magazine - Issue 1 2024 Latest edition free online and available to download as a PDF.Photo credit: Jan BitterSara Kulturhus wins theSwedish Wood Award Architect: Oslotre Photo credit: White arkitekter The winner of the 14th Swedish Wood Award is Sara...
GLULAM HANDBOOK - VOLUME 2About glulamStructure Glulam (glued laminated timber) comprises a number of wood laminates glued together. The fibres in the laminates run parallel to the length of the piece. In straight glulam products, the laminates are 45 mm thick. For...
(left to right, Baroness Hayman of Ullock, Shadow Spokesperson for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; Stefan Gullgren, the Ambassador of Sweden to the UK; Lord Khan of Burnley, Shadow Spokesperson for Levelling up, Housing and Communities)Last Thursday 23rd, 40...
The Prince of Wales has acted on his commitment to build low-carbon social housing on the $1 Billion-plus Dutchy of Cornwall lands.The Prince of Wales is spearheading a new initiative to construct social and affordable housing on the lands of the $1-billion plus...
Timber Development UK (TDUK) has released average carbon data for the 10 major timber product categories. The data will support architects, engineers and other specifiers to make accurate assessments of the carbon impacts of their material choices as early in the...
Timber Publications Hard copy publications We have hard copies of some of these publications, which we would be happy to send to you (free).Second iteration with example case study solutions to comeJune/July this yearThe Swedish Wood CLT Handbook A new FREE...
As a part of Dezeen's Timber Revolution series, they have rounded up the world's 10 tallest buildings with mass-timber structures, including an engineered-wood shopping-centre extension and a carbon-negative cultural centre. Compiled using data from the Council on...
Think Wood is a communications campaign that provides commercial, multifamily and single-family home design and build resources to architects, developers, and contractors. Recently Think Wood announced its 10 most popular timber construction projects of 2023. Across...
If asked to imagine a wind turbine, most people would think of a steel structure—the current form of nearly all wind turbines used for renewable wind energy generation. However, despite what the steel industry claims, it’s hardly a given that wind turbines must be...
Building our Net Zero future The role of timber in low carbon housingSwedish Wood discussion at the Embassy of Sweden 22/02/24Background reading:Government policy Timber in Construction Roadmap, DEFR, December 2023Timber and low carbon construction Wood CO2ts lessMass...